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Severe cold in Delhi, temperature dips to season’s lowest
Delhi shivered under “cold day” conditions for a second consecutive day on Saturday, recording the season’s lowest maximum temperature at 14.8 degrees Celsius, with thick fog blotting out the sun. The minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, settled at 6.1...
Bhim Army chief says no alliance with SP
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said Saturday that his political outfit – the Azad Samaj Party – would not ally with the Samajwadi Party for next month’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav “does not want the support of Dalits”, Mr Azad told reporters. “Yesterday Akhileshji humiliated...
Bengal civic polls may be deferred by 2 weeks
The West Bengal government may propose to the State Election Commission to postpone elections to four municipal corporations in the state after the Calcutta High Court asked the poll panel to take a call within 48 hours. Sources told News18.com that the government may send a proposal to the...
2,500 SP supporters booked for flouting Covid norms
A case was registered on Friday after a massive crowd, in violation of Covid norms, gathered at the Samajwadi Party office here for the joining-in function of two rebel ministers and some MLAs. The FIR was registered according to the directives of the Election Commission on Covid-related norms, officials...
UP Cong poster girl alleges rigging in ticket distribution
Priyanka Maurya, the poster girl for the Congress party’s campaign ‘Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon’ for Uttar Pradesh polls has alleged that the party’s ticket distribution in the state was rigged. “They (Congress) used my face, my name and my 10 lakh social media followers for the campaign. But...
BJP leader seeks CBI probe into Bengal train derailment
BJP leader Roopa Ganguly on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri and claimed there had been no “bad news” about trains for years, but just ahead of assembly polls an accident has occurred. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and...
TMC asks leaders not to air views in public
The ’Diamond Harbour model’ of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to contain the spread of COVID-19 in West Bengal has kicked off an inner-party debate and brought out in the open the differences between the old guard and generation next leaders. The party leadership embarassed with the war...
Akhilesh says ‘wickets tumbling and Baba CM has dropped a catch’
Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, while welcoming BJP rebels into the party fold, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “Wickets are falling continuously in the BJP. It looks like our Baba chief minister does not know how to play cricket, he has missed the...
BJP’s OBC Morcha bid to counter desertions impact
The BJP has decided to use its OBC morcha to counter the possible negative impact of desertions by backward caste leaders in Uttar Pradesh. The morcha has been tasked with reaching out to leaders of the OBC community at the local level and raising awareness on welfare measures implemented...
BJP to fight 38 out of 40 Goa assembly seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently rules Goa, has decided to contest 38 out of the total 40 Assembly seats in the state, where elections will be held next month, a senior party functionary said on Friday. Talking to PTI, the office-bearer said that in two constituencies –...
Bishop accused of nun’s rape acquitted
Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016, has been acquitted by a court in Kerala. Franco Mulakkal was the first Catholic bishop in India to be arrested for assaulting a nun. A court in Kottayam acquitted him of all charges after a...
Outreach for votes lands BJP MLA in voter’s bathroom
With the Election Commission banning rallies over Covid and candidates resorting to door-to-door visits, a widely-circulated video from Kanpur shows a leader’s campaign taking an amusing turn as he interrupts a voter’s bath-time. Surendra Maithani, the BJP MLA from Kanpur, has posted several photos showing his interaction with people,...
Khattar claims Punjab govt told farmers to block PM’s convoy
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday accused the Charanjit Singh Channi government of Punjab of endangering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life by asking farmer leaders to block the rout of his convoy to Ferozepur. Mr Khattar made the allegation in the wake of a sting operation of...
2.47 lakh new Covid cases; positivity up to 13%
India reported 2.47 lakh coronavirus cases today, the highest single-day rise in the ongoing wave. The country’s tally now stands at 3.63 crore, which includes 5,488 cases of Omicron variant reported across 28 states and union territories. The active cases comprise 3.08 per cent of the total infections,...
Case against actor Siddharth over comment against Saina Nehwal
Hyderabad Police on Wednesday filed a case actor Siddharth for allegedly making derogatory comments against Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal on Twitter. In a telephonic conversation, KVM Prasad, Additional DCP, Cyber Crime Wing, Detective Department, Hyderabad said, ” A woman named Prerna approached Cyber Crime Wing and lodged a...
Another OBC leader quits Yogi cabinet; ‘welcomed’ by Akhilesh
In another jolt to the ruling BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan resigned Wednesday from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and appeared to be headed towards the Samajwadi Party. A day earlier as BJP leaders brainstormed in Delhi on the UP assembly polls state Labour Minister...
Exodus from UP Cong continues ahead of polls
Despite delightful promises by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the party continues to face exodus ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections due in February. Senior Congress leader Imran Masood will officially join the Samajwadi Party, along with two other MLAs Naresh Saini (Behat) and Masood Akhtar (Saharanpur). Earlier,...
Delhi health minister hints at relaxation of Covid curbs
If Covid cases in Delhi come down in the next two to three days, restrictions will be lifted, minister Satyendar Jain said today. Delhi is likely to report around 25,000 cases in the last 24 hours, the minister said, adding that positivity rate cannot determine whether cases have peaked....
